The Act is a huge step…

The Act is a huge step towards the past. It will undermine our future. Removing bike lanes is clearly an attempt to push for more urban sprawl. By removing bike options we encourage car use. We therefore encourage more space for cars - to park them at work, home, and in other spaces. To use more space, we need to convert natural spaces essential for life, human life included. We need this to reduce the impacts of climate change and ensure we have enough food for our future.

At a time where the cost of living is so high, do we really want to increase food costs? To add on costs of having to own cars? To add on the costs of having to expand through urban sprawl, and associated taxes with the upkeep of those spaces?

The potential benefits of these cars and urban sprawl do not outweigh the cons.

Ontario contains the most densely populated areas in the country and is home to 40% of Canada’s population. We urgently need the government of Ontario to demonstrate leadership that provides its residents with more – not fewer – opportunities for achieving a sustainable, safe, and prosperous future.

Building for the Future
We worry that the legislation will jeopardize most future developments of safe, protected bike lanes in Ontario, reducing transportation options for children and families and contributing to higher rates of collisions, physical inactivity, and pollution.

We strongly encourage reversing course on this legislation and instead encourage municipalities to continue building networks of high-quality protected bike lanes on major streets. Our collective future depends on it.